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First Rounders

Nature Biotechnology‘s First Rounders podcast is a series of conversations with founders, financers and developers from biotech’s past, present and future.

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First Rounder: David Baltimore Jul 19, 2016

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David Baltimore, president emeritus of the California Institute of Technology, discusses his parents moving him from New York City to Great Neck, Long Island, as a child; his initial interest in animal virology; and getting that Nobel call from Sweden.

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First Rounder: Tom Maniatis May 26, 2016

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Tom Maniatis is a founder of Kallyope, and head of the Maniatis lab at Columbia University. Among other things, he's founded several biotechs and authored a manual nicknamed 'the bible of cloning.' His conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers being the first in his family to go to college, the moratorium on recombinant DNA research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his long relationship with Jim Watson at Cold Spring Harbor.

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First Rounder: Daniel Cohen Mar 10, 2016

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Daniel Cohen is chairman and CEO of Pharnext. He was also co-founder of CEPH, Genethon and Millennium, and an early leader in the genomics field. His talk with Nature Biotechnology covers the industrialization of genomic sequencing, his part in founding Millennium and why the conductor has the most difficult job in an orchestra.

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First Rounder: James Wilson Dec 22, 2015

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James Wilson is the director of the Gene Therapy Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a founder and chief scientific advisor at Regenx Bio, as well as founder and chairman of scientific advisory council at Dimension Therapeutics. Wilson's conversation covers his love of motocross racing, the triumphs and tribulation of gene therapy (including the Jesse Gelsinger tragedy), and the future of drug pricing.

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First Rounder: Bill Rutter Oct 22, 2015

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Bill Rutter is founder, chairman and CEO of Synergenics, which manages a consortium of biotech companies. He was also a founder of Chiron and is credited with bringing the University of California at San Francisco to its prominent position in life sciences research. His discussion with Nature Biotechnology covers building out the labs at UCSF, sequencing the hepatitis C virus and his short stint in the Navy.

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First Rounder: Stan Crooke Aug 20, 2015

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Stan Crooke is the founder, chairman and CEO of Isis Pharmaceuticals. Nature Biotechnology spoke with Crooke about his troubled youth, the crests and valleys of antisense, and the skills needed to be a good leader.

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First Rounder: Rachel King Jul 23, 2015

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Rachel King is president and CEO of GlycoMimetics and former chairwoman of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization. Talking with Nature Biotechnology, King discusses gene therapy, how a CEO handles layoffs and growing up with chickens.

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First Rounder: Colin Goddard May 28, 2015

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Colin Goddard is former CEO of OSI Pharmaceuticals, and current chairman and CEO of Coferon. His conversation with Nature Biotechnology details the history behind OSI's blockbuster drug Tarceva (erlotinib), the benefits of having a British accent in the United States and how to survive a hostile takeover.

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First Rounder: Kari Stefansson Mar 28, 2015

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Kari Stefansson's conversation with Nature Biotechnology covers the founding of deCODE, his love for literature (and his favorite poet), plus his encounter with the tortured chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer.

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First Rounder: Carl Feldbaum Jan 22, 2015

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Carl Feldbaum was the founding president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), and he is the current chairman of the Life Sciences Foundation. His podcast conversation with Nature Biotechnology touches on his assistance in prosecuting Watergate, his visit to Saddam Hussein's palace and how he built BIO from the ground up.

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